Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melanesid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: melanesid
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proposed subrace of the Australoid race.

Etymology

Melanesia + -id. Coined by Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt in 1934.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Melanesia

Inflected Forms

Melanesids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Australid Negritid Polynesid Veddoid

Synonyms

Melanesian

Questions

What does melanesid mean?: A proposed subrace of the Australoid race.
Where does melanesid come from?: Melanesia + -id. Coined by Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt in 1934.

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